This week’s topics include how best to treat blocked arteries in the heart, use of statins, phone calls for assisting weight loss efforts, and secondhand smoke and cognitive impairment.

Program notes:
0:30 Best way to improve blood flow in hearts with blocked arteries
1:25 Risk of death or MI similar but those with stents may need additional intervention
2:32 About 90% of stents are drug eluting
3:30 At risk for cardiovascular disease and how high is cholesterol?
4:48 In high risk patients we do know it helps
5:42 Current recommendations are 20% risk over the next 10 years
6:40 Dangers of secondhand smoke and cognition
7:37 Those with highest level of cotinine 40% more likely than others to have cognitive impairment
8:38 Doesn’t assess long term exposure
9:00 Assess delivering behavioral therapy for weight loss
10:34 End

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